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C-STAR Pilot Project Awardee Spotlight: Alex Wong, PhD.
Meet Dr. Alex Wong and learn more about his drive and passion to aid others more quickly, such as through his awarded project which will look to administer on the spot cognitive measurements through handheld smart technology.
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Dr. Mitra Lavasani and Team Publish 嫩B研究院 Investigating New Cell Therapy for Osteoarthritis
The journal Aging and Disease recently published a paper by Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 researchers investigating a new treatment of OA using systemically delivered cell therapy.
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Survey Finds Need for Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care
To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).
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APTA Magazine Feature
Summary of APTA CSM session “Did Major 嫩B研究院 in the Last Decade Change Practice? Locomotor Training, Gadgets, Intensity, or Everything Works” featuring Dr. Jayaraman.
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Ability Quotient
Rehabilitation, unlike other medical specialties, has no equivalent to an objective blood test or an X-ray to help measure or direct the results of treatment.
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Ellie Farr 2021 Resident Baskin Award Winner For Diaphragm COVID-19 Study
Ellie Farr?won the Sarah Baskin award for the top resident research project for her study on diaphragm muscle dysfunction in survivors of severe COVID-19.?
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Patient Care Technician Sonnita Fairfax's Quick Thinking Saves a Child's Life
"I just jumped out of the car; I put my car in park, but I didn't take the key out or anything. I just jumped out"
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Stefania Fatone: Her Life in Orthotics is Both an Art and a Science
Learn more about Stefania Fatone and her life in orthotics which is both an art and a science.
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Study Supports Need for Standardized Measures of Orthosis Performance and Patient Satisfaction
While some orthoses are prefabricated, some patients require a custom-made device. In that case, orthotists make plaster casts of the patient’s limb and craft the orthosis to fit as well as possible.
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Nick McCombs: Finding His Passion in Psychology and 嫩B研究院
Nick McCombs' persistence paid off and he was hired in 2019 as a research assistant at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 on studies related to custom orthotic devices and robotic exoskeletons.
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In a First, Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 嫩B研究院ers Observe Muscles Losing Basic Building Blocks After Stroke
?“This is the most direct evidence yet that chronic impairments, which place a muscle in a shortened position, are associated with the loss of serial sarcomeres in humans,” said?Dr. Murray.
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C-STAR Pilot Project Awardee Spotlight: Dr. Virginia Chu
Meet Dr. Virginia Chu and learn more about the life that inspired her award winning pilot project.
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